Ernesto Geisel

Ernesto Geisel (3 August 1907-12 September 1996) was President of Brazil from 15 March 1974 to 15 March 1979, succeding Emilio Garrastazu Medici and preceding Joao Figueiredo.

Biography
Ernesto Geisel was born in Bento Goncalves, Brazil on 3 August 1907, and he enlisted in the army in 1930 and helped bring Getulio Vargas to power, continuing to support him until 1945. In 1964, he formed part of the military junta which took over the government. The chief of the military cabinet from 1964 to 1967, he was president of the supreme military court from 1967 to 1969. As President of Brazil from1 974, he appreciated the popular dissatisfaction with the regime and sought to reconcile the public through concessions and the promise of a return to democracy. Still in 1979, he imposed his successor, Joao Figueiredo, upon the military and the whole country.